Drug price outrage over Daraprim and reform calls
Syndicated columnist Glenn Mollette argues high drug prices harm sick patients. He cites Turing’s 55 million takeover of Daraprim from Impax and a price jump to 750 per pill, with promises to cut costs but no figure. He calls for tighter oversight, Canada price parity, free first year of community college, and banning drug lobbyists.
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Daraprim
Turing
Impax Laboratories
Martin Shkreli
Shkreli
Canada
Glenn Mollette
Indiana
Timing Melons for Peak Flavor and Shipment
The article explains visual and aroma cues to harvest melons. Watermelons show a brown pigtail tendril and a greenish to yellow ground spot as they ripen, while cantaloupes and other melons soften at the far end, smell fruity, and separate from the stem at full slip for peak flavor.
Diesel versus gasoline in Europe sparks climate policy debate
Reuters notes diesel lowers CO2 by using less fuel but raises NOx and particulates, pushing costly exhaust fixes. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Business discuss Merkel’s decarbonization balance with Germany’s auto industry, VW scandal lessons, and a policy shift misaligned with engineering limits.
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Reuters
Bloomberg View
Clive Crook
Europe
European Union
France
Angela Merkel
Bloomberg Business
Merkel
Germany
Frankfurt
Sunrise Optimist Club honors youth leaders in Roswell
The Sunrise Optimist Club congratulates Roger K. Burnett and Pat Burnett on Optimist of the Year, Gwen Hamilton as Officer of the Year, Mon ica Glenn Tim Davidson and Mike and Donna White as Rookie of the Year, Tracy Mumford and Arthur Sharp as Chairman of the Year, and Chris Cook for tournaments. District governor elect Gary Williams installed new officers and praised the club. Contact Roger Burnett at 575-420-9420 or attend Wednesday breakfast at Los Cerritos to join.
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Roger
Pat Burnett
Gwen Hamilton
Monica Glenn
Tim Davidson
Mike
Donna Whitehead
Tracy Mumford
Sunrise Optimist Poe
Arthur Sharp
N.O.W
Chris Cook
Optimist International
Kenneth R. Garner
Optimist
Texas / New Mexico
Gary Williams
Sunrise Optimist Club
Roswell
Roger K. Burnett
Los Cerritos
Sunrise
Optimist Club
State AG ends legal help to New Mexico secretary of state
The state attorney general Hector Balderas said his office will stop providing legal advice to Secretary of State Dina Duran and will not handle campaign finance complaints referred by her office while Duran faces a 64 count criminal case. He returned 31 civil complaints to the SOS and urged referrals to district attorneys. Duran denies wrongdoing calling the move politically motivated.
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Dianna Duran
Duran
Hector Balderas
Kob-Tv
SOS
Secretary of State
Balderas
Campaign Reporting Act
OAG
Ken Ortiz
Attorney General
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Energy Makes America Great Inc
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